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TOP FOR GAS-HEATING PARLOR STOVES.

WILLIAM S. WALKER, OF ALEXANDRIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 60,598, dated December 18, 1866.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. WALKER, of Alexandria, in the county ofHuntingdon, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulimprovement in the Top for Gas-Burning Parlor Stoves; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation, andV V Figure 2, a vertical transverse section of the said top or oven,having my said improvement applied thereto,

Like letters of reference indicating the sameparts when in both-figures.

The nature of my invention consists in solconstructing the outsideplates or walls of the said top as to produce appropriate recesses incombination therewith, and with a supporting flange, for the reception,supporting, and heating of smoothing-irons, and thus rendering the saidtop of the stove capable of serving as an appro priate and efi'ectiveheater for the same, without at the same time diminishing the capacityof the oven for cooking and baking.

In the drawings, A B is the top, a a being the recesses in the outsideplates for receiving the flat faces of the smoothing-irons Z5 is theoven proper a a the flue openings or spaces between the oven, 6, and therecesses, a a, and b the valve for producing either a direct or indirectdraught to the escape flue c or c. The right and the left vertical sidesof the box or top, A B, consist, each, of three flat faces, the middleportion of each face being sunk so as to produce the flat-faced,inward-inclined recesses, a a a, for the reception of thesmoothingirons, with the faces of the latter in close contact therewith,the said irons being supported in that position by means of anupward-inclined flange, a which projects around'from the bottoms of therecesses. (See the faint lines, representing the smoothing-ironsapplied, ,in fig. 2.) The oven, 6, is located in the middle of the box AB, leaving a large flue space or hot-air chamber on each side of theoven, or between it and the recessed side walls-of the box, A B, and sothat when the upper valve, 12 is open, the draught will'be directly upthrough these flues, a, to the escape flue, c or c, and when closed, thesaid fluesjshall become close, hot-air chambers for heating both theirons and the oven. cl is-the usual ventilating valve of the oven. Itwill be seen that the upper or top plate of the box, A B, also afiordsflat surfaces for heating smoothing-ir'ons, and that it may be recessedlike the sides, if so required.

This is a very useful and economical improvement in'the top of theparlor stove, as it affords every facility for heating smoothing-ironseffectively without diminishing the capacity of the oven for heating,cooking, or baking at the same time, and efi'ecting bothpurposes atonetime also economizing fuel. And, moreover, as he whole top isdetachable, it can be readily removed for cleansing, or for applying toa new base or fire-chamber after the original has become burned out ordefective.

I am aware that small furnaces have been used which have plain slopedsurfaces for heating smoothing-irons, and also that asquarebox-stove,having vertical plain or flat sides, with flanges for supportingsmoothing-irons against the said plain or flat vertical sides, is shownin the English patent of William H. Fletcher, June 28, 1860; I thereforedo not desire to claim broadly a furnace or stove adapted to the purposespecially of heating smoothing-irons; but having fully described thepeculiar construction of my top for stoves, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is confined strictly to thefollowing, viz:

I claim the detachable top A B for a stove, the said top consisting ofthe oven 6, the valve 6, the two hotair chambersor flue spaces a a, andthe recesses a a in the outside plates, for receiving within them thefaces of the smoothing-irons, as described, the said partsbeing'constructed, arranged,- and combined-together as and for thepurposes described.

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Witnesses:

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